US, other nations walk out as Iranian leader delivers fiercely anti-American speech

I cannot believe that he pulled slavery out. Did we really need to hear his from him. I am glad that the delegation saw fit to walk out. I just wished our members of Congress would have the same sort of fortitude when their members get out of line talking about the President.

U.S. diplomats walked out of the U.N. General Assembly Thursday as Iran’s President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad delivered a fiercely anti-American speech, attacking the U.S. as an “arrogant power” ruled by greed.

More than a dozen diplomats from other countries, including France, left the chamber soon after.

Ahmadinejad also attacked the United States for its history of slavery, accused it of causing two world wars and using a nuclear bomb against “defenseless people.” He further said Washington was guilty of imposing and supporting military dictatorships and totalitarian regimes in Asia, Africa and Latin America.

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